I thought you might enjoy this nice discussion of "inkhorn" words from Quinion's site that my logophile friend sent to me. Note that "epicaricacy" isn't mentioned.

I think it is interesting to speculate why some of the words survived, while others didn't. Some of the ones that were adnichilated were really quite illecebrous.

This is, indeed, a very interesting essay. Thanks for the link, Kalleh!

Any inkpots or inkhorns still around? They would be interesting to see...I was always fascinated watching my grandfather refill his ink pen from a bottle... Bics had come on the scene, and he steadfastly refused them!

The inkhorn words? Fascinating, but not anywhere on my horizon. Thanks, Kalleh....